On his blog, Marginal Revolution, American economist Alex Tabarrok has made some unflattering comparisons between the way the US educational and scientific establishments responded to the Soviet ...

Post-election, Ishiba Shigeru continues to appear on television screens as the incumbent Prime Minister of Japan. The sheen of perspiration on his brow is not just the heat of this extraordinarily hot ...

North Korea has rarely admitted the presence of its troops in foreign battlefields, let alone in an ongoing conflict. However, in late April, it did just that. The effort to reassure the public does ...

The article examines the improbability of Western nations, including the United States, engaging in a proxy war in Myanmar.

Over the past year, China’s President Xi Jinping has undertaken two waves of purges of high-ranking military leaders from the People’s Liberation Army. The first wave targeted the PLA Rocket Force, ...

Russia cooperation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is expanding – the incentive for the new-found cosy relations largely stemming from Moscow’s confrontation with the European ...

Senior US official statements more recently frame it as Xi seizing on 2027, the 100th anniversary of the PLA’s founding, to complete the material preparation required to make major combat operations ...

The United States has long been one of the most significant arms suppliers to Southeast Asian states. Washington provides a broad range of military equipment, including combat aircraft, naval vessels, ...

Indonesia has officially become a new BRICS partner, joining countries such as Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Türkiye, Nigeria, Cuba and Kazakhstan. Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono announced this ...

The multinational presence in the Red Sea has failed to supress Houthi attacks from Yemen on merchant shipping in the Red Sea. Open-source assessment makes this clear. Data collected by the ...

Indonesia’s diaspora is estimated at about six million people worldwide, yet it has not historically been seen as a boon for the country. The Indonesian government wants to change that – aiming to ...

There are early signs that a potentially significant change is underway in how Indo-Pacific leaders perceive, describe, and understand the nature of China’s acts in the region. Some Indo-Pacific ...